Word: silents
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Rockefeller remained silent, said Nixon, he "would not be being true to himself, and I think would not serve either the party or the country." Blandly, Nixon added: "I think I can assure him that his oft-expressed desire that he not be drafted as a candidate for Vice President will be respected-certainly by me." As for his own views on national issues, Nixon went on, he has set them forth in detail. He would be "very willing and happy" to meet with Rockefeller on TV for a "discussion in depth, in which he can ask any questions...
...circle with more votes than his Democratic rival, Governor Edmund ("Pat") Brown. Unopposed on the G.O.P. ballot, Native Son Nixon nevertheless attracted 59% of the registered Republicans to the polls for a rousing 1,475,595 vote of confidence-despite an attempt by Rockefeller outriders to encourage a "silent" stay-away vote. The Democrats polled 53% of their registered vote, but Brown found nothing very cheering in his 1,327,245 vote tally or the fact that his Democratic rival, Old-Age Pension Promoter George McLain, registered a surprising 634,950 total...
...Silent in the Streets. The political talk is largely leftwing, and nationalism is still the main subject. "It's inevitable," said a tall Tanganyikan in hound's-tooth tweeds. "When our country is at such a dramatic point in its history, we are eager to be a part of it." Black South Africans in London number scarcely a dozen. "Only the safe ones get sent to British universities," said a student, "and they will not do anything while here to prejudice their futures back home." Privately, and to British friends they can trust, they sound off like...
Cambodians last week streamed to the polls. Wild Phnong tribesmen rode their elephants down from the hills; baby-toting women in sarongs streamed into dusty towns; saffron-robed Buddhist monks padded through the silent ruins of Angkor Wat. When the ballots were counted, Prince Sihanouk had won a total of 1,981,136 votes to only 133 for his exiled rival, 128 for the Communists and a puzzled 93 for No Opinion. His grand total...
Variety-World of Show Biz (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). With his guests, Chita Rivera, and Gene Barry, Sid Caesar parodies Bat Masterson, silent films and nightclub poetry readings...